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Anonymous.The Experiences of a Lady
Detective. London: Charles Henry Clarke, [1884]. Reissue of
first edition. Octavo. [4], 308 pages. Publisher's pictorial
paper-covered boards; all text block edges trimmed; advertisement
endpapers. Boards heavily rubbed and a bit soiled with loss to
spine ends and paper chipped over board edges; boards beginning to
split away at joint ends and, though a bit loose, are still sound.
Some soiling, including what appears to be traces of adhesive
residue, at endpapers. Gatherings uneven and starting to pull away
from sewing; a few becoming loose and fragile; text block edges
dulled; occasional speck of foxing or evidence of dog-earing
scattered throughout interior. Good. Though originally believed to
have first been published in 1861, experts in the genre have
determined this to be a ghost issue, with the first edition
actually appearing in 1864 under the title The Revelations of a
Lady Detective. After this came a "reissue with the title The
Experiences, which [the British Museum] dated as of 1884" (Ellery
Queen, In the Queens' Parlor, p. 43). Sometimes attributed
to William Stephens Hayward. Features Mrs. Paschal, one of the very
first female detectives. Queen's Quorum 5.

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